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Frist Seeks to Revive Wage, Estate Tax Bill

By Emily Pierce
Roll Call Staff
Sept. 6, 2006, Midnight

Even as Senate Democratic leaders said that chances of raising the minimum wage this year appear remote, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) is taking another stab at getting Democrats to drop their objections to a House-passed “trifecta” bill that would reduce the estate tax, extend expiring tax provisions and hike the national minimum wage.

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